Additional Relief on Death/Disability of Govt. servants (Civilians) Covered under New Defined Contribution Pension System NPS: Procedures to be adopted for submission of claims.

Circular No.79
No.GI/C/Misc/NPS-I/Tech
O/O the Pr. C.D.A. (P)
Allahabad- 211014
Date: 29/10/2010

Subject: - Additional Relief on Death/Disability of Govt. servants (Civilians) Covered under New Defined Contribution Pension System NPS: Procedures to be adopted for submission of claims.

Reference: - Govt. of India, Min of PPG & P, Deptt. of P&PW New Delhi OM No. 38/41/06/P&PW (A) dated 05 May 2009..


1.  The Govt. of India, Ministry of PPG & P, Deptt of P&PW in their OM No.38/41/06/P&PW (A) dated 05 May 2009 (copy enclosed) have extended the benefits of Invalid Pension/Disability pension and Family Pension/Extra ordinary Family Pension/Liberalized Pension awards on Provisional basis to the Govt. employees appointed on or after 01-01-2004 and covered by the New Pension Scheme who are discharged on invalidation disablement and by the families of such employees who have died during service since 01-01-2004. Now, it has been decided that to submit the claims of above beneficiaries the following procedures shall be adopted by HOO and Pay Audit Controllers:- 01. H.O.O will prepare pension papers in case of NPS beneficiaries in accordance with the same procedure as prescribed for Defence Civilian Personnel appointed before 01-01-2004 and will submit the same along with Service Book. and all the relevant documents (which is required in case of pre-01-01-2004 Cases) to PAO concerned i.e. LAO/RAO. The Permanent Retirement Account No. (PRAN) of the Concerned Government Servant Allotted by National Security Depository limited (NSDL) will also be indicated.

02. PAO will carry out the necessary checks with reference to the entries in Service Book and as admissible under the OM No. 38/41/06/ P&PW (A) dated 05-05-2009. After signing and affixing the seal the PAO will pass on the claim to the Pr. CDA (P) Allahabad. The Service Book will be returned by PAO to
HOO concerned.

03. The HOO will also obtain in duplicate undertaking (in Annexure- ‘A’) from the pensioner/family pensioner to the effect that he/she has understood the provisions of Para 6, 7 and 8 of Deptt. Of P&PW OM No. 38/41/06/P&PW (A) dated 05-05-2009 and that any payment found to be in excess of his/her
entitlement will be refunded to Government/adjusted out of his/her final entitlement and forward one copy of the same along with the pension papers.

04. HOO will also maintain a separate register and entries will be recorded there in as PRAN No; Name of Govt. servant, PPO No. and awards notified provisionally and at the time of processing of final claim the same will be mentioned in the claim for final adjustment.

05. After receipt of PPO from Pr. CDA (P) Allahabad, HOO will check the same and after recording the entries in the register retransmit PDA’s copy to PDA, Pensioner copy to pensioner and
retain HOO copy for their own record.

06. Other procedures prescribed for pre-1-1-2004 pensioners will also be followed by the HOO in case of NPS beneficiaries.

(S.C. Jain)
A C.D.A (P)

Enclosure: - As above

Copy to: -
1.The CGDA, Ulan Batar Road Palam, Delhi Cantt-10
2.All Pr.CsDA/CsDA/C of F & A (Fys)/ CDA (Funds)
3.All G.M. Fys
4.All CE/Nodal CE of various commands.

-sd\-
(A.K. Banerjee)
Sr. Accounts Officer


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